Passengers on a Delhi-Jabalpur SpiceJet flight on Saturday saw smoke inside the plane. An airline spokesperson said smoke was detected inside the plane when it was passing over 5,000 feet. The SpiceJet flight then returned safely to Delhi airport, the airline said in a statement.
Flight SG-2862 which departed Delhi at 6:15 AM for Jabalpur, returned to Delhi Airport at 7:00 AM. “On July 2, 2022, SpiceJet Q400 aircraft was once operating SG-2962 (Delhi-Jabalpur). While passing 5000 feet, the crew noticed smoke in the cabin. The pilots decided to return to Delhi again. The aircraft landed safely in Delhi and the passengers were safely disembarked,” a SpiceJet spokesperson advised news agency ANI.
Saurabh Chhabra, a passenger on Delhi to Jabalpur 12C, advised ANI, “Immediately after the flight took off, there was a panic situation in the aircraft as the passengers were having trouble breathing inside.”
The employer additionally shared a video showing passengers fanning themselves with newspapers and airline booklets as smoke entered the cabin.
